Simonton. Dean Keith - Creativity Genius Consciousness - 07.01.01

"Creativity in Science: Chance, Logic, Genius, and Zeitgeist" Discussing aspects of genius, creativity and leadership.

Dean Keith Simonton is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UC Davis. He has authored numerous publications, and books including “Genius, Creativity, and Leadership”; “Scientific Genius”; “Genius and Creativity”; “Origins of Genius”; “Great Psychologists and Their Times"; “Creativity in Science”.  He is Fellow of several scientific organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, and ten divisions of the American Psychological Association. He has served as President of the International Assn. of Empirical Aesthetics and the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, and is the current President of the Society for General Psychology.  His research covers diverse manifestations of genius, creativity, leadership, talent, & aesthetics, and has won numerous awards.